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Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the EULA, post-installation?Thanks,-jason

Got a question for a friend of mine. She has suddenly lost her print options. They are now grayed out. Looking at her session information, the print composer is installed, but no license has been obtained.I checked this with my session information and I have the same configuration. The only difference being my print functions are still showing as available. She told me she this was working fine earlier in the morning and has now just died. She says her preferences have not been changed. Among other issues she is seeing that may be related are under the formatting menu, the 'select stylesheets' option is grayed out AND it is the only option she has. Even with 'full menus' set to on. Her version is 5.4 M050 with Macro$carf Windows XP 32bit.She is also getting an error about not being able to locate icons when she starts up. She checked that error on the PTC site and it says it has to do with UNIX systems (strange for a Windoze system). Thanks for any help.Lynn

Does she use fixed Editor and Print Composer licenses or concurrent licenses?

Curious: When you post to Adepters<">mailto::-> do you see your own posting? Before April of this year I saw all of mine, but not since. The only way I see it is if someone else replies and includes my post.I also suspect that I don't see posts from certain others. I have seen several posts that include a reply from Ed Benton (LM Space Systems) but I didn't see his post when he sent it.I don't find this desirable behavior because there is no good way for me to file my own posts (there is a mismatch if I grab a copy from the "Sent" folder.I sent e-mail to -<">mailto:-> at the end of April 2010 and he forwarded it to an administrator, but I never saw a fix or received an explanation.Does anyone have any influence to get the aberrant behavior changed?-Andy \ / Andy Esslinger LM Aero - Tech Order Data_____-/\-_____ (817) 279-0442 1 Lockheed Blvd, Mail Zone 4285 \_\/_/ (817) 777 3047 Fort Worth, TX 76108

This is what I'm trying to do:<xsl:if test="name(parent:receding-sibling)='volume">Or<xsl:if test="parent:receding-sibling::volume">Some of these XPath chapters show 3 in a row, but the parser just goes Pffft.Test if the parent's preceding sibling is <volume>.The parent tag varies, but will either have <volume> right above it or it won't.I've written it a hundred ways wrong and now my eyes are blurred from banging my head on my desk.Can't even run a good test to find it.<xsl:value-of select="name(parent:receding-sibling)"/">Adding ::node() just throws a parser error.Thanks...hope it is just another can't see the forest for the trees...what am I missing?John T. Jarrett CDTSenior Tech Writer, Integrated Logistics Support, Land & Armaments/Global Tactical SystemsT 832.673.2147 | M 832.363.7234 | F 832.673.2376 | x1147 | -<">mailto:->BAE Systems, 5000 I-10 West, Sealy, Texas USA 77474www.baesystems.com

Adepters:We're using AE 5.4 patch M050 and use the XHTML table model in our custom schema. We've noticed that when the table structure does not include <thead> or <tbody>, the <table> tag itself is not displayed in the editor. With <thead>/<tbody> applied, you see the table tag. This is in the table editor view, of course.Anyone know why this is true? Our authors want the table tag to always be visible.Dave HintzSiemens

Adepters:One of my users wants to search for comments. I can't see how you can do that. The user just wants to find each comment without concern for their content.Thanks,Dave

I provide IT support for a group of illustrators and we are currently using IsoDraw 7 M040. I recently upgraded one of the users to M090 and ran into a problem printing.One of the illustrations has text in a layer and the layer color is set to red. I believe the text itself is actually black but it displays as red on the screen. When the users still running M040 print this illustration the text prints in red. When the user running M090 prints out the same illustration the text prints in black. This same illustration has arrows in a different layer set to blue. The arrows print correctly in blue for all users.Any ideas?Thanks!

Hello,When I set 'border-width' to add a box for a block, the composed pdf will be a mess if there is a change bar generated.The message of PE is as follows."Warning: A page overset fault occurred. The page depth is 2688.01pt and the page goal is 644.97pt. (page 5)" Does anyone know how to fix this problem?Kinds RegardsBilly

I'm used to a different macro programming language in which you can have 1 macro do several different things by passing parameter(s) along with the macro name - e.g. macro_name 'yes' The macro then declares the parameter(s) e.g. parameter yes_no The parameter yes_no is then a variable yes_no with a value of 'yes' The macro then uses this variable to determine an action later on. For example, I have a macro that changes a drawing and saves it down again, but I now find I want a very similar macro that does everything except save the drawing down again. With a parameter, I could include an if statement in the macro to either save the drawing or not depending on the value of the parameter. Otherwise I will have to either copy the macro twice or split it into bits and run as separate macros Is there something similar to this in Isodraw? I have looked but can't find anything, though the terminology may be different.

My company has recently upgraded to Arbortext Editor 5.4. When I copy and paste a table from a word file (docx) using the paste special feature I get an “invalid paste structure” dialog box. I have tried to use the “table with no title” option but then all my content is wrappedwithin para tags. My tables are very simple tables, I’ve even tried to copy empty tables but get the same error. What am I missing? With your response please keep in mind that I’m just a user.Thanks JB

Did you try "Paste Excel"? TI seem to remember that I have had to paste a table into Excel, copy it, and then use "Paste Excel" to get it into my Arbortext document. \ / Andy Esslinger LM Aero - Tech Order Data_____-/\-_____ (817) 279-0442 1 Lockheed Blvd, Mail Zone 4285 \_\/_/ (817) 777 3047 Fort Worth, TX 76108

Hi all,I have a table XUI that I am working on, it is working pretty well. But I now what to add some more functions and they are giving me trouble. I want to remove the rowsep or colsep at the row and entry level. Here is the function I wrote:function removeSep ( oid, attname ) { var i,j; // local index variables var entryChildren; var oidChildren = oid.childNodes; // the oid passed was the tbody so this give me the rows for (i=0; i <= oidChildren.length; i++ ) { Application.alert ("remove seperators for i "+i+attname+" "+oidChildren.item(i).nodeName+" "+oidChildren.length ); oidChildren.item(i).removeAttribute(attname); // all the variables display correctly what I want entryChildren = oidChildren.item(i).childNodes; // here are the entry children of the row for (j=0; j <= entryChildren.length; j++) { Application.alert ("remove seperators for j "+j+attname+" "+entryChildren.item(j).nodeName+" "+entryChildren.length+" att= "+ entryChildren.item(j).getAttribute(attname)); // disp

Save to a variable and then use #FOSI to check the value of the variable for content:Works with either #NONE or #ANY <att> <specval attname="tpdr.tdv" attloc="#FOSI" attval="#NONE"> <charsubset> <usetext source=""></usetext> <reset resetlist="pagect" pageplus1ct"="> </charsubset> </att> <att> <specval attname="tpdr.tdv" attloc="#FOSI" attval="#ANY"> <charsubset> <usetext source="\None\"></usetext> <reset resetlist="pagect" pageplus1ct"="> </charsubset> </att>-Andy \ / Andy Esslinger LM Aero - Tech Order Data_____-/\-_____ (817) 279-0442 1 Lockheed Blvd, Mail Zone 4285 \_\/_/ (817) 777 3047 Fort Worth, TX 76108

I am having some trouble getting my screen FOSI to perform the way I expect it to. I have an element which may or may not have content.When the element has no content I want to save the word "None" as a text variable and use it elsewhere.When the element DOES have content I want to save the actual contents as the same text variable name and use it in the same location as the "None".It works fine when I just save the element content as a text variable and use it elsewhere, except that I get blank content when used elsewhere, instead of the word "None", when there is no content. We would prefer the word "None".I am trying to use an <att> to test for the existence or non-existence of a value for a the above-described text variableLet's assume the text variable name is "a.txt". It doesn't seem to matter whether I use <specval attname="a.txt" attloc="#FOSI" attval="#ANY">, <specval attname="a.txt" attloc="#FOSI" attval="#NE#\\"> for the #ANY caseNor does it seem to matter

This is a question from a co-worker. He is trying to figure out how to save to the hard drive a well-formed XML document that he wants to create in memory. He's trying to create the document by using a doc_open command, but this doesn't work because the file doesn't exist yet; using the command without specifying a filename doesn't cause an error, but it's not known to him where the document is saved by the doc_save command.Seems simple enough: he just wants to create a document in memory, insert data into it, save it, and open it later for reading. This should all be invisible to the user.Should he be using "file_*" commands instead of "doc_*" commands?Does any of this make any sense to anyone? Any ideas?

Thanks to everyone who has offered suggestions/possible solutions. To date, none of them have worked and after a group meeting yesterday I found out the problem is worse than I originally thought. For some authors, not only does AE 5.4 not release the folder, but it also ties up the document, causing the entire CMS checkin to fail (the CMS checkin deletes all files in the checkout folder and then the checkout folder itself). This is happening even with multiple documents open in which AE's focus is switched to another document prior to the checkin. This happens for some authors consistently. Others, including me, cannot reproduce the problem in which the closed file is not deleted.I've opened a call with PTC concerning this issue, C7765517.Dave

Hi,I'm trying to open documents via COM in Arbortext Editor and supply Doctype and Stylesheet on the fly. This works fine for DTDs, but when I specifiy an XML Schema instead, the Editor fails to open the document. Do I miss something or is this simply not possbile with the Editor?Call:openDocument(pathToFile, 0x0040|0x0100, "", "", pathToXsdFile, pathToStylesheetFile);Error:Source: Epic.Application.1Description: [A30295] Application.openDocument: Fehler beim Öffnen (something like "Error while opening")Parser-Message:pathToXsdFile : Line: 2 Column: 3Expected a markup declarationLine 2 of the XSD contains the following:<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">Best regards,Mathias

Adepters:We're updating all of our authors to Arbortext Editor 5.4 and have had a problem reported that can be consistently reproduced. We use text entities extensively and have found that if you inser a text entity in a paragraph and then move the cursor to the right, you can no longer use the return key to list the elements valid at that point. Instead, the status bar shows the message "Cannot insert tags at cursor, because the region is protected or read-only." However, you can insert tags using the menus or control sequences - and you can also insert normal text. Clearly the region is not read-only, but appears to be when you use the "hit return" interface to list available tags.Anyone seen this? Anyone know of a solution? Or, is it time to open a case with PTC?Dave

Comments... (By the way, my thread should have indicated patch M050)

Hi, I use Arbortext to XML-based online courses using a custom Flash engine for publishing. I often have the need to embed smaller SWF files within the XML for display in the course player. But I also have a need to publish these courses in PDF format for reviewers. I use the Compose PDF option of the File menu, not the Arbortext Publishing Engine. I want to be able to embed SWFs in the PDF so that they are interactive and will play within the PDF. I have seen an example of a SWF in a PDF like this. Does anyone know how to set up a stylesheet so that the SWF will be embedded in the PDF? I have an element that contains a path to the SWF file in an attribute. The best I have been able to do is specify the path to an html file that launches the SWF in the attribute and then define the element as a link. But this gives me a clickable link in the PDF file that launches the SWF in a separate window. I would like to have the SWF embedded within the PDF rather than linked. Does anyone know how

I have 5 objects that use a single callout number. If I try to use 5 callout lines, the shadows from each one cover the ones below. I need them all to have shadows over the lineart below. I tried using a polyline that zig-zagged back over itself so that it could point out all the objects, but I am being told that in the final proprietary viewer, the lines dont look like they do in Isodraw. Any ideas?

Is there a way to tell CadProcess to open a 3D drawing (an IGES file for example), in Wireframe instead of RENDERING as per default?I could see that opening a drawing in that way, speeds up the opening from 20 to 35%.Many thanxFlavio

Adepters:Another problem in our move to AE 5.4 M150. If an author makes some edits and closes the document - but leaves the editor open, the folder containing the edited document cannot be deleted unless AE is closed entirely. This causes problems for our CMS when the document is checked in as it automatically removes the checkout folder. There have also been reports that the document is tied up, even though it was closed and a checkin fails completely (I haven't reproduced that problem, however).Are there any tricks we can use to get AE to release the directory when a document is closed? Restarting AE is not a good option as the author may have several windows open.Dave

Available for immediate downloading from PTC's support site is theArbortext 5.3 M190 release. This maintenance release includes bug fixes only. If you want to knowall the details about this release, please check out the release notes<">http://www.ptc.com/view?im_dbkey=114321> . If you have any questionsabout the release schedule, please reference the PTC Product Calendarat: <">http://www.ptc.com/company/tl/index.htm>